Date   : Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:01:18 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Electric Dreams last night.

Rick Murray wrote:
> :-) Excuse me if I get annoyed at the harsh put-downs and criticisms of
> things like BASIC and the capabilities of the 8 bit era, much of which
> totally didn't apply to the Beeb or BBC BASIC. You can't say "BASIC is
 
BBC BASIC is probably the fourth most ported application in the
world, after Hello World, Kermit, and InfoZip. http://mdfs.net/bbcbasic
I even made a start in porting it to the C-64 in 1987.
 
> issues of interoperability (why can't I play Jet Set Willy on my
> Dragon!?) but when it is kids complaining, nobody much cares, especially
 
Jet Set Willy's been ported to the Dragon. http://mdfs.net/jsw
 
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